Did the last Apple update screw up your computer?

The last two Apple software updates seemed to have screwed up my computer.  After downloading and installing the last one (which included an update to iTunes), I could not turn on iTunes - it just made my computer freeze up.  I could not shut it down the regular way.  So I pressed the power button for 5 seconds, which turned the computer off finally.  Then let it sit for 30 seconds.  And when I went to turn it on - the computer got to the gray screen and just hung there.  I finally had to press the power button for 5 seconds to shut it down so I could hook up my external hard drives and boot from there. 
Tried to see if I could boot from the internal HD - it froze again.  Tried to run Disk Utility, which recongized the hard drive under the name I gave it - and it was mounted.  After running Disk Utility, the internal drive is no longer showing up on my desktop.  It does show up in Disk Utility and in Drive Genius but will not mount. 
I should also mention that my keyboard and trackpad stopped working after the last update.  I have been using an auxiliary keyboard and trackball for years, and have no problem with them now. 

Can you boot a clone/DVD copy of OS X without input problems?
If so, I just think you have a failing HD. Usually, Apple updates don't go around completely messing up the OS. Try to backup what you can if you think that way, too.
Is there any other weird behavior when booting the clone?
Any weird noise from the internal drive?
PS: I just cancelled downloading the updates

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